Privacy Policy

01Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data on this website is processed by the website operator. You can find the operator's contact details in the Legal Notice of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g., web browser, operating system or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the Legal Notice regarding this and any other questions about data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. For details, please refer to the section “Right to restriction of processing” in this Privacy Policy.

02Hosting

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data and other data generated via a website.

The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our host will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data.

Conclusion of a data processing agreement

To ensure data processing in compliance with data protection law, we have concluded a data processing agreement with our host.

We use the following host:

RockingHoster Deutschland GmbH
An der Strusbek 21
22926 Ahrensburg

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with our host pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. In it, the host undertakes to process the personal data of our website visitors exclusively in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

03General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information about the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Mehmet Emin Karagöz
Togostraße 3, 42277 Wuppertal

Phone: +49 159 06309209
Email: info@meksoft.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient for this. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the Legal Notice regarding this and any other questions about personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the Legal Notice for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.

• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published in connection with the legal notice obligation for sending advertising and information materials that have not been expressly requested. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example through spam emails.

04Data collection on this website

Server log files

The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version

• Operating system used

• Referrer URL

• Host name of the accessing computer

• Time of the server request

• IP address

This data is not combined with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Cookies and consent management

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that your browser stores on your device. They do not cause any damage and do not contain malware.

We use technically necessary cookies – for example, to store your cookie choices – on the basis of Section 25(2) TDDDG (German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act) and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, because they are required to operate this website. We only use all other cookies and similar technologies, in particular for audience measurement, if you have given your prior consent (Section 25(1) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

We use our own cookie banner to obtain and manage your consent. On your first visit to the website, you can decide there whether you allow analytics cookies in addition to the necessary cookies. Your choice is stored in the cookie “ms_consent” in your browser (storage period: 12 months) so that it is taken into account on later visits. Your choice is not passed on to third parties. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7(1) GDPR (proof of consent).

The following cookies are used on this website:

You can change or revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To do so, click the cookie icon at the bottom left or “Cookie Settings” in the footer.

Contact form

If you send us an inquiry via the contact form, we process the information you provide there – title, name, email address, selected topic, your message and, optionally, your phone number – in order to handle your inquiry and answer any follow-up questions.

Your information is transmitted directly to our own automation system (n8n) and stored in our database (NocoDB). We operate both systems ourselves on a server of STRATO GmbH, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, in Germany. We have concluded a data processing agreement with STRATO pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. We also receive your inquiry by email. For our email communication, we use Google Workspace from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The email containing your inquiry is therefore stored on Google servers; a transfer to Google LLC in the USA cannot be ruled out. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, for which there is an adequacy decision of the EU Commission (Art. 45 GDPR). We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. Beyond this, the data is not passed on to third parties.

Your information is not stored permanently on the web server of this website. Only if transmission to our system is temporarily not possible will your inquiry be cached there briefly and deleted after successful transmission. To protect against misuse, we store your IP address for a maximum of one hour in order to limit the number of inquiries per sender.

If your inquiry is related to a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In all other cases, we base the processing on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) and on the consent you give via the checkbox in the form (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

We store your information until your inquiry has been fully processed and no further contact is expected. If your inquiry results in an order, we retain the related correspondence in accordance with the statutory retention periods (up to 10 years, Section 257 HGB (German Commercial Code), Section 147 AO (German Fiscal Code)). We delete inquiries that do not result in an order no later than 36 months after processing has been completed. You can request the deletion of your data at any time, provided that no statutory retention obligation prevents this.

Inquiries by email or phone

If you contact us by email or phone, we process your inquiry, including the personal data you provide (e.g., name, contact details, content of the inquiry), in order to handle your request. This data is not passed on to third parties without your consent. The legal bases and storage period are the same as those stated for the contact form.

05Analytics tools

Google Analytics

With your consent, this website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Analytics helps us understand how visitors use our website – for example, which pages are viewed, how long a visit lasts, which device, operating system and browser are used, and from which region (country/city) a visit approximately originates. For this purpose, Google uses cookies (e.g., “_ga” and “_ga_*”) or similar technologies. Your IP address is not stored by Google Analytics 4; it is only processed briefly to determine your approximate location.

The information collected is transmitted to Google servers and stored there. This may also involve a transfer to Google LLC in the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, for which there is an adequacy decision of the EU Commission (Art. 45 GDPR).

The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Section 25(1) TDDDG). You can revoke it at any time via the cookie icon at the bottom left or “Cookie Settings” in the footer. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google. The data is automatically deleted after 14 months.

For more information, please see Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

06Plugins and tools

Google Web Fonts

For the uniform display of fonts, this site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google. The Google Fonts are installed locally. No connection to Google servers is established in the process.

Google Maps

On our contact page, you can display a map from the Google Maps service of Google Ireland Limited (address see above) to help you find us more easily. The map is only loaded when you click “Load map”. Only then is a connection to Google servers established, during which your IP address, among other things, is transmitted; a transfer to the USA is possible (Data Privacy Framework, see above).

The legal basis is the consent you give by clicking (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Section 25(1) TDDDG).

More information: https://policies.google.com/privacy

YouTube

On some pages, such as “Videos & Animations”, we embed videos from the YouTube platform. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (address see above). We use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com).

A video is only loaded when you click on it. Only then is a connection to YouTube servers established; in the process, your IP address and information about your browser, among other things, are transmitted and cookies may be set. If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube can associate the view with your account. A transfer to the USA is possible (Data Privacy Framework, see above).

The legal basis is the consent you give by clicking (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Section 25(1) TDDDG).

More information: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Links to social networks

On our website, we link to our profiles on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. These are simple links, not embedded plugins. Data is only transferred to the respective provider when you click a link and visit the platform. The privacy policy of the respective provider applies there.